16 Year Old Conjoined Twins -- Video

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These two girls are 16 years old, can drive, can go on dates and do everything normal teenage girls do!
But there is a slight twist..this is how these girls look






If you’re interested … here’s a list of their organs from Wikipedia!

Most of Abigail’s and Brittany’s shared organs are located at or below the level of the navel.

2 heads
2 completely separate spinal cords
2 vertebral columns with ribs bridging the two columns; their coccyxes merge.
2 arms (originally 3, but rudimentary central arm was surgically removed, leaving central shoulder blade in place)
1 broad ribcage, with surgery to correct scoliosis and expand the pleural cavities
2 breasts
2 highly fused sternums, traces of bridging ribs
4 lungs (medial lungs moderately fused, not involving Brittany’s upper right lobe); three pleural cavities
1 diaphragm with well-coordinated involuntary breathing, slight central defect
2 hearts in a shared circulatory system (nutrition, respiration, medicine taken by either affects both)
2 stomachs
2 gallbladders
1 liver, enlarged and elongated right lobe
Y-shaped small intestine which experiences a slightly spastic double peristalsis at the juncture
1 large intestine with one colon
2 left kidneys, 1 right kidney
1 bladder
1 set of reproductive organs
2 separate half-sacrums, which converge distally
1 slightly broad pelvis
2 legs

Crazy stuff right ! And these two live a pretty much normal life. Just shows what you can do with a whole load of support and love from your family!

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